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Mustafa Ali, the leader of RETRIBUTION, <a href="https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2020/11/mustafa-ali-discusses-almost-retiring-from-wrestling-676619/#:~:text=WWE%20Superstar%20Mustafa%20Ali%20was,like%20a%20future%20for%20him." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">talked</a> about his WWE debut journey on the recent episode of After the Bell. Ali revealed that before debuting in WWE, he considered retirement and continuing his job as a police officer. 



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;As with anything that you&#8217;re passionate about in life, there is extreme highs and there&#8217;s a lot more extreme lows, and the Cruiserweight Classic was this tumultuous thing for me. It was that typical indie wrestler moment. Anyone that&#8217;s done this can understand. I thought this was the year that I&#8217;m going to hang up the boots or the kick pads or whatever you want to call them because I just wasn&#8217;t getting any traction.</blockquote>



Ali said that taking care of his family was his first priority and this is why he didn&#8217;t know if he should continue his wrestling career. He had to travel to different countries for shows and doing so while continuing his job wasn&#8217;t possible. 



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;A lot of my friends were blowing up on the indie scene, and like you mentioned, I was a police officer at the time so traveling all over the world, doing these tours in the UK and Japan just weren&#8217;t feasible. The number one thing for me, at that time, was providing for my family as a man should, so my dream came second.&#8221;</blockquote>



The former 205 Live superstar revealed that he had to make a decision in the end. He had emailed WWE about a possible role and they arranged a spot for him in the Cruiserweight Tournament. However, he was a backup and wasn&#8217;t actually going to perform at the show.&nbsp;



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;A lot of stuff was going on personally as we always have going on, and I had to make a decision. Do I still get on this plane and go and kind of swallow my pride and stand there like a good boy and hope to be called on, and I said, &#8216;you&#8217;re always going to ask yourself, what if? Just go&#8217; and I went.&#8221;</blockquote>



Fortunately, he did perform during the tournament, thanks to Lince Dorado.&nbsp;



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;There was an opening. Lince Dorado&#8217;s opponent wasn&#8217;t able to compete, and Lince and I are old friends that have competed. I owe the world to him because he immediately stepped up and said, &#8216;give me Ali.&#8217; They reminded him that the segment that our match was, the time slot was very very small, and he like, &#8216;yeah, that&#8217;s why I want him because I know he can get it done&#8217; and we went out there, and I think we tore it up. I mean, obviously, I&#8217;m here now, but they cracked the door open a little bit, and I kicked the damn thing down.&#8221;</blockquote>

Mustafa Ali Reveals He Almost Retired From Wrestling

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